Texas Monthly Recommends: Dayglow’s Whimsical ‘Hot Rod’ Music Video
Plus, more under-the-radar hits, a carefree indie-pop music video, and a surrealist rock opera.
Plus, more under-the-radar hits, a carefree indie-pop music video, and a surrealist rock opera.
West Texas native Aaron Watson has been a star in the Texas music scene for two decades. His eighteenth album ‘Red Bandana’ released in June, and it’s a phenomenal twenty-song opus. He performs “Trying Like the Devil" in the latest installment of our Sound Check series. Presented by Visit Fort
Fort Worth band Grady Spencer and the Work combine blues and classic country, creating a unique sound of their own. Watch the latest in our Sound Check series with their song "Grant," from their 2019 album Celebrate.
Plus, a fashion blogger’s inspiring posts, a must-see fireworks scene, and a podcast on contemporary poetry.
Fort Worth soul/R&B singer Abraham Alexander plays his debut single, "America," in the Texas Monthly Studio.
For the latest in our Sound Check series, the Austin-based duo, Ghostland Observatory performs “With or Without You” from their album, See You Later, Simulator.Presented by Visit Fort Worth
Watch this exclusive live performance of the title track from his 2017 album, The Doubles.
The Statler isn’t the only historic Big-D property to get an overhaul.
Plus, Mary H.K. Choi’s novel about young adulthood in Austin, a classic Cyd Charisse film, and Liza Koshy’s YouTube series.
Plus, Tom Morello’s SXSW magic, a cancer researcher celebrated, and hand-painted jean jackets.
Plus, the songs we can't stop listening to, from George Strait's latest to one of the first rock and roll songs to Weird Al Yankovic's classic Chamillionaire remix.
Plus, explosive photography from Austin, instrumentals from Billy Preston, and a podcast investigation of Anna Nicole Smith.
Plus, the crime in Vidor that inspired an Oscar-winning film and the TV show bringing us back to middle school.
Plus, garage rock from Texas City, Tejano rock n’ roll from San Antonio, and surviving a fictional rapture in small-town Texas.
Plus, rap from San Antonio, essays from Houston, and landscape photography from across the state.
Euless is home to one of the largest Tongan communities in the U.S. In this documentary, Huay-Bing Law explores how the immigrants have revitalized the local high school football team through the story of one player, Patrick Vahe.
Filmmaker Annie Silverstein chronicled the scene and the dancers at Sefcik Dance Hall in Seaton.
Mac Coleman always knew he wanted to be a professional bronc rider. This documentary film by TJ Martinez profiles the Texan as he pursues his dream—after losing his eyesight.
In this episode of Sound Check, Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines, and Bukka Allen take us to the “Bottom of the World.”
For the launch of the new Texas Monthly video series, “Spaces: A Look at How Texans Live,” a companion to our “Spaces” photo series, Decker takes us through her West Austin home. Find out more about what’s in that shoe collection as the affable and unassuming actress talks about
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From flying the length of Texas's perimeter to Hurricane Harvey to a tragic fire on the Panhandle plains, read our favorite longform from this year.
Roy Orbison, Kacey Musgraves, Willie—deck your halls with Lone Star tunes this year.
Meet Kenneth Laird, the man behind Laird’s Bar-B-Q in Llano.
We went behind the scenes with Texas Monthly’s November 2017 cover guys, Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr.
The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
Going to Gatling, meeting Landry, and discovering the cruelty of teenage girls.
Doyin Oyeniyi writes about culture and checks facts.
The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.
Shout outs to the best meat, sides, atmosphere, and more that we found while putting together the top fifty barbecue list.
Welcome to the golden age of Texas barbecue.
Queen Bey reigned, while Clark and Morris repped the Lone Star State.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business.
A snapshot of two of Texas's busiest airports in the aftermath of the refugee ban.
You’ve probably heard about the bathroom bill—and you’re going to hear a lot more—but here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the legislature and the politicians, lobbyists, agitators, and donors who really run the show.
Proceed with caution: steers ahead.
The best albums released by Texas artists this year, according to the 'Texas Monthly' staff.
There are certain dishes that every good Texan knows and loves. But do you really know how to grill a flawless ribeye? Season that cast-iron skillet in your cupboard? Make sure your dough rises? We asked experts around the state to share some how-tos and a few recipes that will
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Your mouth’s guide to the Super Bowl, fresh from the ’Texas Monthly’ archives.
The Great Texas Meltdown of 2015 started slowly. In fact, things were looking mighty good for perennial favorites the Dallas Cowboys when they made the playoffs last January, and they could have gone all the way if it hadn’t been for a controversial call by the refs that cost them
Rounding up a year of Texas oddballs and oddities with the Bum Steer 2016.
Pre-1,200 BCE: People in the New World discover nixtamalization, a process of soaking maize in water with wood ash that vastly increases the nutritional value of anything made from it, including corn tortillas. 1520’s: In recounting Hernán Cortés’s conquest of the Aztecs, Spanish historian Bernal Díaz del Castillo observes that
The lexical evolution of a most delicious word.
Screaming for Blue Bell ice cream can stop in less than two weeks, and rats invade the Dallas criminal court.
Readers respond to the October 2014 issue.
Readers respond to the July 2014 issue.
Searching for signs of greatness in the tepid rom-coms of this year’s best actor.
While the list of the best barbecue in the state of Texas (therefore, the world) is limited to just fifty joints, there’s plenty more out there to love in the Lone Star State. Our team of dedicated tasters came back from their travels with notes on everything great about Texas
Even if the meat at Cowpoke’s were terrible, the joint would be jam-packed at all hours, since it’s located on the edge of the booming Eagle Ford Shale formation. But luckily for the patrons jawing about oil prices in the tidy dining room, the barbecue here is exceptional, certainly among
There are few places we love as much as the pit room at City Market. Entering the smoke-filled, glass-enclosed chamber at the back of the dining room is an experience you will remember for decades—a trip into an iconic, sacred space in the world of barbecue. Like Kreuz Market and
CALVIN TRILLIN: I’m pretty ecumenical. I like Texas barbecue and I like North Carolina barbecue. But there’s more to barbecue than the barbecue. I started going to Arthur Bryant’s, in Kansas City, at the beginning of the time when the oldest person or the most daring person among my friends